Marilyn Babcock, LCSW

Marilyn Babcock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 27 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and major life transitions. She emphasizes a collaborative relationship in which her clinical expertise supports the client’s willingness to look honestly at themselves and their circumstances, because meaningful change requires both professional guidance and personal commitment.

Marilyn specializes in stress reduction, grief and loss work, healthy boundaries, self-care, and cultivating self-compassion. Her practice also addresses caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, codependency, hospice and end-of-life counseling, midlife and life-purpose questions, and women's issues. She integrates reflective inquiry with practical tools so clients can manage day-to-day demands while attending to deeper emotional healing.

Her approach combines honest conversation and probing questions with homework-oriented activities such as reading, journaling, reflection, and mindfulness practices. As a longtime therapist and mindfulness educator, Marilyn blends psychodynamic and Jungian perspectives with mindfulness-based techniques to help clients lessen their load and rekindle a sense of personal spark.

Appointments are scheduled directly by Marilyn after an intake and screening process to ensure a strong fit between therapist and client. Her calendar is maintained outside the platform; she currently has openings on Wednesdays between 9 am and 2 pm Eastern time (6 am to 11 am Pacific). Prospective clients should be prepared to engage actively in the therapeutic process.

Jungian, Mindfulness, and Psychodynamic Care Online

Marilyn uses Jungian therapy to help clients explore recurring themes, symbols, and deeper stories that shape identity and life choices. This approach can support people seeking greater self-understanding, meaning, or help navigating transitions.

Mindfulness therapy in her practice involves simple present-moment exercises and attention training to reduce reactivity and build practical self-care habits, which is often helpful for stress, anxiety, and coping with change.

Psychodynamic work focuses on identifying longstanding patterns rooted in earlier relationships so clients can better understand how those patterns affect current boundaries, communication, and grief processing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Marilyn collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she may blend these approaches over time in consultation with the client.

Online sessions via video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to access consistent care without traveling. These formats offer flexibility for scheduling, help maintain continuity during life demands, and allow licensed professionals and therapists to adapt pacing and tools to each client’s circumstances.